From: platootje@netscape.net
Date: Thu Jul 07 2005 - 08:00:16 BST
"Matt Kundert" <pirsigaffliction@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Reinier,
>
>This is just a gentle rebuke. Your comment that the "MOQ and SOM are both
>theories concerning metaphysics" and are at the intellectual level is
>question-begging to Bo because that is just what is at issue between Bo and
>others, like you, me, and Paul (and Pirsig, Anthony, etc). What we need are
>more intensive arguments and explanations of why Bo's (or our's, for that
>matter) reasoning or assumptions are wrong. Like the assumption that
>Pirsig's insight in ZMM was that SOM was created in Greece. I think that's
>an ambiguous point, which can be taken in a wrong or right way as stated.
>Or Paul's argument that just because a level starts somewhere doesn't mean
>its defined by its start. We don't need position statements at this point
>(those will sort themselves out later), we need to undermine the arguments
>and interpretations being offered in support of those positions.
>
>Matt
>
Okay, I stand corrected.
Kind regards,
Reinier
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